Evolution of the phytoplankton assemblage in a long-lived mesoscale eddy in the eastern Gulf of Alaska

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 424, Issue , 2011, Pages 53-73

  Peterson, Tawnya D ^a,b   Crawford, David W ^c   Harrison, Paul J ^d  

^a Science and Technology Center   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gulf of Alaska; Haida eddies; Northeast Pacific; Phytoplankton; Pigments

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; CHLOROPHYLL; IRON; MESOSCALE EDDY; NITRATE; PATCHINESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UPWELLING;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PELAGOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79952125764     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08943     Document Type: Article

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